Asia Insight
Asia-related issues and perspectives from the Asia Media Centre at the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono in Wellington. The podcast will feature Asia experts from across the region, along with staff from the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
Episodes
58 episodes
Asia Right Now: Do Hung Viet
Today on the podcast Dr Julia Macdonald, head of Research and Engagement at the Asia New Zealand Foundation, sits down with Vietnam’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Do Hung Viet, who earlier this year visited New Zealand as an ASEAN Prime Mi...
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Asia Unfiltered: Nathan Taylor
In this episode of Asia Unfiltered, our host Arina Aizal chats to Nathan Taylor about his experiences growing up living in Indonesia as a teenager, and later living as an adult in China. Digressions include the unique experience of ...
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Asia Unfiltered : Yik Kun Heng
In this episode of Asia Unfiltered, our host Arina Aizal chats to Yik Kun Heng about his experiences living… well, everywhere! Yik Kun has lived in Beijing, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Switzerland, and now Chile. <...
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Asia Unfiltered: Marcus Coll
In this episode of Asia Unfiltered, our host Kii Small chats to Marcus Coll about his many experiences living in Japan over the years. Digressions include the power of learning a second language, how strange twists of fate can completely alter ...
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Asia Summit : Asia & The New Zealand Media
A few weeks ago the Asia New Zealand Foundation celebrated its 30th Anniversary with an “Asia Summit” at Parliament in Wellington. Among the speakers and the panels on the day was a session looking at the NZ media’s relationship with Asia.<...
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Asia Experience: ASEAN Aust-NZ Dialogue
The Asia New Zealand Foundation recently led a delegation on a Track II diplomacy visit to Malaysia for the 16th ASEAN Australia/New Zealand Dialogue.Foundation Trustee Hone McGregor and economist Brad Olsen were on the trip, and sat down w...
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Asia Insight : NATO, NZ and the Asia Pacific
Today we welcome NATO permanent representatives Scott Oudkirk (US), Anita Nergaard (Norway) and Maris Riekstins (Latvia), who have been in Wellington to discuss the alliance's partner networks in the region, and the strengthening of the long-st...
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Asia Unfiltered: Magdeline Huang
In this episode of Asia Unfiltered, our host Kii Small chats to Magdeline Huang about her experiences living in South Korea. Digressions include unpacking cultural differences between New Zealand and South Korean life, what it’s like to work as...
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Asia Right Now: Jean Lee
Jean Lee is a Korean American journalist and researcher based at the East-West Centre in Hawaii. She has spent a large part of her career covering North Korea and Northeast Asian affairs, and is co-host of the award-winning “Lazaru...
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Asia Unfiltered: Leonard Hong
In this episode of Asia Unfiltered, our host Arina Aizal chats to Leonard Hong about his experiences currently studying his master’s in Singapore. Digressions include reflections on growing up in New Zealand as a Korean-Kiwi, what life is like ...
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Starting Up with Asia : Bicky Nguyen
In this episode Lingy Au speaks with entrepreneur Bicky Nguyen from Vietnam. Bicky was recently in the country as a keynote speaker at the ASEAN NZ Business Council Forum. She is the driving force behind "CricketOne, a leading global supplier i...
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Asia Unfiltered: Lucy Luo
In this episode of Asia Unfiltered, our host Arina Aizal chats to Lucy Luo about her experiences living in Singapore, Hong Kong, and China. Digressions include what it’s like to have a truly international job, how getting out of New Zealand and...
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Asia Insight: Australasian Views on Asia 2024
Ryan Neelam is a former Diplomat and Director of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy at the Lowy Institute in Sydney. In this edition of Asia Insight he's in conversation with The Asia New Zealand Foundation's Research Director, Dr Julia MacDonal...
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Asia Experience: Zennon Wijlens
Zennon Wijlens is the co-owner and Head Chef at Paris Butter in Auckland. He was part of a delegation attending this years Ubud Festival in Bali, courtesy of the Asia New Zealand Foundation. Founded in 2015, the Festival is cross-cultural...
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Asia Right Now: China & NZ
The Asia New Zealand Foundation's Head of Research & Engagement Julia MacDonald is joined by Dr Henry Wang and Dr Mabel Miao, from the Centre for China & Globalisation in Beijing, to discuss the economic relationship between China and N...
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Asia Unfiltered: Oliver Ibbetson
In this episode of Asia Unfiltered, our host Kii Small chats to Oliver Ibbetson about his experiences living in Taiwan for ten percent of his life. Digressions include the real pay-off that comes with putting up your hand for opportunities, wha...
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Asia Experience : Pahia Turia
The development and expansion of renewable energy alternatives was the subject of a recent NZTE study tour to South Korea and Japan for Māori representitives. Many countries across Asia are searching to meet 2050 energy targets bu...
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Asia Right Now : Laurel E Miller
The Asia Foundation is a US-based nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives and expanding opportunities across Asia and the Pacific. The Foundation’s work focusses on governance, climate action, gender equali...
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Asia Unfiltered: Wei-Wei Ng
In this episode of Asia Unfiltered, our host Arina Aizal chats to Wei-Wei Ng about her experiences living in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Digressions include the unique experience of growing up as a Chinese-Kiwi who moved to China, the successes and...
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Perceptions of Asia: Natasha Hamilton-Hart & Paul Spoonley
The Asia New Zealand Foundation's 'Perceptions of Asia' survey was released earlier this month - it is a unique insight into how New Zealanders are feeling about Asia and its peoples, and a useful guide to future policy-making. Today we s...
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New Zealanders' Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples 2024
The Asia New Zealand Foundation's annual "'New Zealanders' Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples" survey is in its 27th year, detailing changing trends in the way New Zealanders regard Asian nations and the people who live there. The survey is ...
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The Dilmah Story: Dilhan C. Fernando
This week we talk to Dilhan C. Fernando, CEO of Dilmah Tea, the family-owned Sri Lankan company that forged its own path in the marketing of tea in New Zealand, and around the globe.
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Asia Unfiltered: Alex Smith
In this episode of Asia Unfiltered, our host, Kii Small, chats to the Asia New Zealand Foundation’s very own Alex Smith, about her experiences living in Shanghai and Taiwan. Digressions include what it’s like to study Mandarin Chinese as a youn...
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